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..~;%§#@## ok at this point i am ready to believe.  ##@#§%;~..
..~;;%%%%# it would be so easy to let go and start  #%%%%;;~..
..~;%§#@@# to take in water. the boat would be      #@@#§%;~..
..~~~;%%§# submerged in minutes, a small list at    #§%%;~~~..
..~;%§#@## first but once enough sea has poured     ##@#§%;~..
..~;%§#@@@ in, it would be quick. the boat on its   @@@#§%;~..
....~~%§## way to the bottom. rope and bins         ##§%~~....
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......~%§# anyway - i'm fairly certain that the     #§%~......
..~~;;%#@@ spots move. they're insects or           @@#%;;~~..
......~%## something. when i'm not looking, they    ##%~......
..~~~%§##@ shift, they crawl, they grow and         @##§%~~~..
....~;%### shrink. they congregate                  ###%;~....
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..~;%§#@## (i'm thinking, i should get a tattoo     ##@#§%;~..
..~;%§#@## gun, draw circles around them. to show   ##@#§%;~..
......~~%# that they do indeed migrate across the   #%~~......
..~;%§#### skin. (or, the circles would trap them,  ####§%;~..
..~;%§#### like salt))                              ####§%;~..
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